On the brink of nuclear war with the Neo-Axis Powers, the Divided States Department of Unspecified Services launches Project: Sleepless Dream. This clandestine operation, headed by Dr. Pernal Norlin, is tasked with developing "human nuclears"-a nuclear explosive genetically embedded inside of human test subjects. As Dr. Norlin begins to question the ethics of his work, his wife, Stella Norlin, is captured as a test subject.
Caught between the threat of nuclear apocalypse and psychological turmoil, Dr. Norlin must reckon with the potential fallout of his misplaced genius. Project: Sleepless Dream is a novel that tackles the moral and philosophical questions surrounding war, anti-natalism, and the bittersweet progress of science. At once a satire and cautionary tale, this novel draws on themes of family, national duty, and what it means to be human in the 21st century.